Re: Bug#246627: Radeon card firmware problem
On Fri, 2004-04-30 at 09:09, Daniel Stone wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 30, 2004 at 08:53:41AM +0200, Fabio Massimo Di Nitto wrote:
> > It should be able to fix the problem but i cannot test it myself since I
> > lack that kind of hardware.
>
> I can test any of these patches, but I doubt stuff like 3D will work if
> this microcode is actually needed!
It is, so the patch is completely bogus.
> This would be really, really, really bad if we can do neither 3D nor
> acceleration. If this is the case, and the GR goes ahead, IMO radeon_cp
> must be stuffed back in.
It still wouldn't be used at all in the xfree86 build...
The r128 and radeon 2D drivers don't deal gracefully with the DRM
failing to load the firmware. That's a bug which has been fixed at least
in the radeon driver in DRI CVS. I suggest those who insisted on
inconveniencing users by crippling the kernel-image packages dig up the
fix and provide it to the XSF. Alternatively, they could provide the
microcode in a convenient way.
Of course, people can also use non-Debian kernels or
drm-trunk-module-src, which still have the microcode built in.
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Earthling Michel Dänzer | Debian (powerpc), X and DRI developer
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